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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Winter blues;

Winter, June, Camellia japonica, silky pink Can Can shows off its delicate flowers.

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

Mahatma Gandhi

The time to harvest Mandarins and Oranges;

In winter the sun is very welcome in the kitchen nook;

Sun and shade are still playing with the huge Heliconia leaves...

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We have a Little Garden

WE have a little garden,

A garden of our own,

And every day we water there

The seeds that we have sown.

WE love our little garden,

And tend it with such care,

You will not find a faced leaf

Or blighted blossom there.

Beatrix Potter

Cotoneaster's fresh red berries are ready for the birds..

Winter is the time to look forward to harvest Rollinia or Brazilian custard apples;

...a ripe one, ready to eat...

...the white flesh is very delicious, the texture and taste similar to the Soursop, perhaps not as tangy.

We have now plenty of Navel Oranges. Every winter I make some candid Orange peel.

Easy, 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, a few Oranges, cook slowly until the rind is soft and no syrup left.

Dry the peel on a rack and then coat with sugar; finished.

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"And this our life, exempt from public haunt

Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,

Sermons in stones and good in everything."

William Shakespeare, As You Like It

...they flower on and on and on...

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The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.

Claude Monet

The variegated leaves of the shell ginger;

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Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

Frank Lloyd Wright

The wonderful curtain of the weeping Casuarina;

How could one go past without admiring the beautiful trunks of the gum trees...

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Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.

10 comments:

It is amazing to note that when we take good care of your little garden, it will take care of the birds in our area as well. Those beautiful berries are definitely going to bless the birds in the air :-D

This semi-evergreen tree is native to the tropical forest of South America. Grown primarily for it's panicles of pea-like spring flowe...

CLIMATE; Gold Coast Queensland, Australia;

Local Information - Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia

Located in the south eastern corner of Queensland & adjoining the northern part of New South Wales is a warm subtropical environment right on the coast, facing the Pacific Ocean. The weather is comfortably warm & very pleasant all of the year, with moderate rainfall. The climate has allowed the establishment of beautiful subtropical rainforests in the hinterland behind the coast. Most plants are easily grown in the gardens & outdoors all the round.

In November & January the temperature can raise to plus 32°C for several days running & the night temperatures staying high at plus 20°C. The skies are clear of clouds & the sun is very direct & hot. This dry & unrelenting combination, with the little humidity causes dehydration & burning of many plants. In December the temperature is reduced by the humidity & cloud cover, allowing some protection from sun.

In winter, mild frosts occur in the hinterland, causing burns to the soft unprotected foliage.

Located on the 28 degree latitude & about equivalent to Florianopolis in Brazil South America & Orlando in Florida North America, except the seasons are reversed between winter & summer.